Name: Get baking this Easter with this Mayonnaise Chocolate Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 55 min
Ingredients: ¼ cup cocoa; 1 cup water; 1 tbsp vanilla essence; 2 cups flour; 2 tsp baking soda; 1 cup caster sugar; ¾ cup Heinz [Seriously] Good™ Mayonnaise

Get baking this Easter with this Mayonnaise Chocolate Cake

The popular condiment makes for a perfectly decadent cake.

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Makes 1 cake

Prep

20M

Cook

35M

Total

55M

Ingredients

¼ cup cocoa

1 cup water

1 tbsp vanilla essence

2 cups flour

2 tsp baking soda

1 cup caster sugar

¾ cup Heinz [Seriously] Good™ Mayonnaise

Method

Step 1

Preheat oven to 180°C. Mix the cocoa, hot water and vanilla essence together in a jug and wait till cool.

Step 2

Sift the flour, baking soda and sugar in a bowl and make a well in the centre.

Combine the HEINZ [SERIOUSLY] GOOD™ Mayonnaise with the cocoa mixture and then pour in the well of dry ingredients. Mix together gently.

Step 4

Pour mixture into a well-greased and lined 20cm round cake tin.

Step 5

Bake for 35-40 minutes or until cake is cooked. Cool in the tin for 10 minutes before turning out onto a cake rack.

Step 6

When cooled, ice with your favourite chocolate icing and easter decorations!

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